Just when you thought Kurzweil was running out of ideas someone suggested removing an octave and we have the entirely new and almost the same PC4-7 and SP6-7.
The best sample packs this week: a modern take on a vintage 70s electric piano, unique samples of Asian frame drums, synth pads with nature sounds and lo-fi hip hop sounds for the Babylon application.
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From Sampleson's new Luthier Series comes ElectroNylon where you can morph from fully nylon guitar to electric piano and everything in between in this unique and unlikely hybrid instrument.
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Monastery Grand is a free 3.52GB sampled piano instrument recorded in a Pilsen Monastery Concert Hall that will run in the free version of Melda Production's MSoundFactory Player.
Has there ever been a better time to learn guitar or piano online, or brush up your skills? music2me is giving away a limited number of 6-month subscriptions for just £1. Yes, one pound!
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Using their magical second-generation spectral modelling engine Sampleson has analysed the Fender Rhodes Suitcase 73 and squeezed it down to a 35MB virtual instrument.
M is for mobility and monitors in this new lighter VIVO S7 Pro M stage piano that comes with built-in speakers and shaves 2.5kgs off the previous version making it a more portable 88-keyed machine.
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Build your own classic stage piano with just the sound modules you need in the Viscount Legend '70s digital modular stage piano.
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Arturia has announced a new addition to the KeyLab Essential range: the KeyLab Essential 88 which, you've guessed it, comes with 88 notes with a semi-weighted feel.
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Roland has announced a lighter, more portable and more affordable RD Stage Piano called the RD-88. It takes the RD 30 year history and puts it in a gig and home-friendly compact package.
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Winner of Roland's Digital Piano Design Award the GPX-F1 Facet Grand Piano is an extraordinary instrument that showcases many Roland breakthroughs and inspires them for the future.
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Yamaha is aiming to "reinvent" the stage keyboard with the YC61 designed for gigging musicians who want realtime control of pianos and a whole lot of organ.
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Korg has officially announced the new and improved SV-2 Stage Vintage Piano. It retains the awesome looks of the SV-1 but piles on the sounds, the polyphony. The SV-2S comes with integrated speakers.
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Roland has announced a new version of their slim but fully weighted A-88 MIDI controller. The A-88MKII comes with some useful expressive control but most remarkable is that it supports MIDI 2.0
Has the Korg SV-2, a sequel to their SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano, just been leaked by an online store? If so, it will have more sounds, more polyphony, splits, layers and better effects...
Behringer has announced the BA 19A Condenser Boundary Microphone and B 906 Dynamic Microphone. With the new mics, the company continues its mission of cloning the most successful microphones around.
